Our Fathers 3236546 176308782 2007-12-07T04:54:53Z Sgt Pinback 596014 '''''Our Fathers''''' (1999) is the debut novel by [[Scotland|Scottish]] novelist [[Andrew O'Hagan]]. It was shortlisted for the [[Booker Prize]] (1999). It was also nominated for the [[Whitbread Book Awards|Whitbread First Novel Award]] and the [[International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award|IMPAC Literary Award]]. The book focuses on James Bawn revisiting his dying grandfather Hugh Bawn in [[Ayrshire]] and a brief reunion with his alcoholic father Robert Bawn. It is James who tells the story of his family, heirs of immigrants from Ireland. Hugh, known as "Mr Housing", had been responsible for the building of [[tower block]]s in [[Glasgow]] and across south-west [[Scotland]] to replace earlier slums, but these blocks are now in turn being demolished. All three generations of the family followed lives of pride and depression, of nationality and alcohol, of Catholic faith and the end of [[left-wing politics|left-wing]] idealism. {{1990s-novel-stub}} [[Category:1999 novels]] [[Category:Debut novels]]